James Stoorie
@jamesstoorie.bsky.social
Writer of the fearful, feral, folkloric & fantastical.
Author of AfterWitch, AfterWitch In The City, Heirlooms & Other Ghosts Stories and James Stoorie's Book Of Joy.
http://jamesstoorie.wordpress.com
Author of AfterWitch, AfterWitch In The City, Heirlooms & Other Ghosts Stories and James Stoorie's Book Of Joy.
http://jamesstoorie.wordpress.com
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James Stoorie
@jamesstoorie.bsky.social
· Dec 29
‘AFTERWITCH: THE OMINOUS OMNIBUS’ by James Stoorie
‘AfterWitch’ & ‘AfterWitch In The City’…two ‘AfterWitch’ books in one.
Paperback & E-Book Available Now! (June 2024) on Amazon, lulu.com & other occult sites.
#afterwitch #horror #gothic #folklore #witch #youngadult #britishhorror #jamesstoorie
The Ghosts Of Christmas Past...
These are the 3 collections I will be revisiting this Christmas as the dark nights draw in. Enjoying festive onions around an open fire...
#horror #gothic #ghosts #Christmas #ghoststories #horrorbooks #efbenson #arthurmachen #oliveronions
These are the 3 collections I will be revisiting this Christmas as the dark nights draw in. Enjoying festive onions around an open fire...
#horror #gothic #ghosts #Christmas #ghoststories #horrorbooks #efbenson #arthurmachen #oliveronions
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Ghosts Of Christmas Past...
These are the 3 collections I will be revisiting this Christmas as the dark nights draw in. Enjoying festive onions around an open fire...
#horror #gothic #ghosts #Christmas #ghoststories #horrorbooks #efbenson #arthurmachen #oliveronions
These are the 3 collections I will be revisiting this Christmas as the dark nights draw in. Enjoying festive onions around an open fire...
#horror #gothic #ghosts #Christmas #ghoststories #horrorbooks #efbenson #arthurmachen #oliveronions
'Psycho' should be recognised as a Christmas film? All of the action takes place between 11th & 21st December. Anyone fancy a seasonal break at the Bates Motel?
#Christmas #Christmas2025 #horror #gothic #holiday #motel #christmasfilm #hitchcock #december
#Christmas #Christmas2025 #horror #gothic #holiday #motel #christmasfilm #hitchcock #december
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
'Psycho' should be recognised as a Christmas film? All of the action takes place between 11th & 21st December. Anyone fancy a seasonal break at the Bates Motel?
#Christmas #Christmas2025 #horror #gothic #holiday #motel #christmasfilm #hitchcock #december
#Christmas #Christmas2025 #horror #gothic #holiday #motel #christmasfilm #hitchcock #december
The toy rabbit belonging to Norman Bates. An innocent, neglected plaything? Or a demonic entity responsible for all the madness that followed? Study that expression closely...
#psycho #normanbates #60s #alfredhitchcock #toys #rabbits #childhood #olddarkhouse #horror #gothic
#psycho #normanbates #60s #alfredhitchcock #toys #rabbits #childhood #olddarkhouse #horror #gothic
December 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The toy rabbit belonging to Norman Bates. An innocent, neglected plaything? Or a demonic entity responsible for all the madness that followed? Study that expression closely...
#psycho #normanbates #60s #alfredhitchcock #toys #rabbits #childhood #olddarkhouse #horror #gothic
#psycho #normanbates #60s #alfredhitchcock #toys #rabbits #childhood #olddarkhouse #horror #gothic
Rebecca De Winter merch, courtesy of Hitchcock.
#horror #gothic #romance #ghost #40s #daphnedumaurier #alfredhitchcock #merch
#horror #gothic #romance #ghost #40s #daphnedumaurier #alfredhitchcock #merch
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Rebecca De Winter merch, courtesy of Hitchcock.
#horror #gothic #romance #ghost #40s #daphnedumaurier #alfredhitchcock #merch
#horror #gothic #romance #ghost #40s #daphnedumaurier #alfredhitchcock #merch
Uncle Silas (1968).
"They are digging my grave!"
An episode of the 'Mystery & Imagination' TV series, this could be the best adaptation of one of my favourite gothic novels. The ultimate 'my family are secretly my enemies' text, with all roads leading back to the old dark house of the past.
#horror
"They are digging my grave!"
An episode of the 'Mystery & Imagination' TV series, this could be the best adaptation of one of my favourite gothic novels. The ultimate 'my family are secretly my enemies' text, with all roads leading back to the old dark house of the past.
#horror
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Uncle Silas (1968).
"They are digging my grave!"
An episode of the 'Mystery & Imagination' TV series, this could be the best adaptation of one of my favourite gothic novels. The ultimate 'my family are secretly my enemies' text, with all roads leading back to the old dark house of the past.
#horror
"They are digging my grave!"
An episode of the 'Mystery & Imagination' TV series, this could be the best adaptation of one of my favourite gothic novels. The ultimate 'my family are secretly my enemies' text, with all roads leading back to the old dark house of the past.
#horror
Dawn Addams practices self defenestration in the stand out scene from Hammer's 'The Two Faces Of Dr. Jekyll' (1960).
#horror #gothic #hammerhorror #britishhorror #jekyllandhyde #robertlouisstevenson #60s #victorian #window #fall #dawnaddams
#horror #gothic #hammerhorror #britishhorror #jekyllandhyde #robertlouisstevenson #60s #victorian #window #fall #dawnaddams
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Dawn Addams practices self defenestration in the stand out scene from Hammer's 'The Two Faces Of Dr. Jekyll' (1960).
#horror #gothic #hammerhorror #britishhorror #jekyllandhyde #robertlouisstevenson #60s #victorian #window #fall #dawnaddams
#horror #gothic #hammerhorror #britishhorror #jekyllandhyde #robertlouisstevenson #60s #victorian #window #fall #dawnaddams
Colonial horror by candlelight...the flashback scene in 'The Oblong Box' (1969).
#horror #gothic #imperialism #britishhorror #colonialgothic #Africa #60s #edgarallanpoe #vincentprice #christopherlee #candles #flashback #voodoo #harrybaird
#horror #gothic #imperialism #britishhorror #colonialgothic #Africa #60s #edgarallanpoe #vincentprice #christopherlee #candles #flashback #voodoo #harrybaird
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Colonial horror by candlelight...the flashback scene in 'The Oblong Box' (1969).
#horror #gothic #imperialism #britishhorror #colonialgothic #Africa #60s #edgarallanpoe #vincentprice #christopherlee #candles #flashback #voodoo #harrybaird
#horror #gothic #imperialism #britishhorror #colonialgothic #Africa #60s #edgarallanpoe #vincentprice #christopherlee #candles #flashback #voodoo #harrybaird
A little piece I wrote for the good people at Shepherd.com
shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...
#books #reading #bestbooks #Literature #CrimeFiction #youngadultfiction #horrorfiction #folkhorror #horror #gothic #fantasy #mystery #folklore #ormeshadow #priyasharma #carolineblackwood #rumergodden
shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...
#books #reading #bestbooks #Literature #CrimeFiction #youngadultfiction #horrorfiction #folkhorror #horror #gothic #fantasy #mystery #folklore #ormeshadow #priyasharma #carolineblackwood #rumergodden
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A little piece I wrote for the good people at Shepherd.com
shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...
#books #reading #bestbooks #Literature #CrimeFiction #youngadultfiction #horrorfiction #folkhorror #horror #gothic #fantasy #mystery #folklore #ormeshadow #priyasharma #carolineblackwood #rumergodden
shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...
#books #reading #bestbooks #Literature #CrimeFiction #youngadultfiction #horrorfiction #folkhorror #horror #gothic #fantasy #mystery #folklore #ormeshadow #priyasharma #carolineblackwood #rumergodden
The most frightening finale to any horror film? Henry Daniell cabs it up with the ghost of Boris Karloff in The Body Snatcher (1945).
#horror #gothic #40s #ghost #vallewton #robertwise #boriskarloff #robertlouisstevenson #scary #graverobber #Scotland
#horror #gothic #40s #ghost #vallewton #robertwise #boriskarloff #robertlouisstevenson #scary #graverobber #Scotland
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The most frightening finale to any horror film? Henry Daniell cabs it up with the ghost of Boris Karloff in The Body Snatcher (1945).
#horror #gothic #40s #ghost #vallewton #robertwise #boriskarloff #robertlouisstevenson #scary #graverobber #Scotland
#horror #gothic #40s #ghost #vallewton #robertwise #boriskarloff #robertlouisstevenson #scary #graverobber #Scotland
Toby (1995).
This episode of the 'Chiller' TV series seems to have been inspired by 'Don't Look Now'. Grieving parents have mixed feelings about trying to contact their dead child. Never has Martin Clunes playing with model trains seemed creepier.
#horror #gothic #ghosts #britishhorror #90stv
This episode of the 'Chiller' TV series seems to have been inspired by 'Don't Look Now'. Grieving parents have mixed feelings about trying to contact their dead child. Never has Martin Clunes playing with model trains seemed creepier.
#horror #gothic #ghosts #britishhorror #90stv
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Toby (1995).
This episode of the 'Chiller' TV series seems to have been inspired by 'Don't Look Now'. Grieving parents have mixed feelings about trying to contact their dead child. Never has Martin Clunes playing with model trains seemed creepier.
#horror #gothic #ghosts #britishhorror #90stv
This episode of the 'Chiller' TV series seems to have been inspired by 'Don't Look Now'. Grieving parents have mixed feelings about trying to contact their dead child. Never has Martin Clunes playing with model trains seemed creepier.
#horror #gothic #ghosts #britishhorror #90stv
The Hanging Balloons (2023).
I am not sure exactly what this episode of 'Junji Ito Maniac' is saying about teen suicide but the imagery is striking & bizarre & I liked it a lot. A sort of 'inflatable vampire' story.
#horror #gothic #anime #Japan #Balloons #teenage #jhorror #animation #junjiito
I am not sure exactly what this episode of 'Junji Ito Maniac' is saying about teen suicide but the imagery is striking & bizarre & I liked it a lot. A sort of 'inflatable vampire' story.
#horror #gothic #anime #Japan #Balloons #teenage #jhorror #animation #junjiito
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Booker Prize unexpectedly embraces outsider art & independent authors with this late addition to the 2025 shortlist...The Book Of The Dead by A. Sumerian-Demon.
#horror #gothic #theevildead #thebookerprize #outsiderart #independentauthors #demons #occult #Egypt #Literature
#horror #gothic #theevildead #thebookerprize #outsiderart #independentauthors #demons #occult #Egypt #Literature
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Booker Prize unexpectedly embraces outsider art & independent authors with this late addition to the 2025 shortlist...The Book Of The Dead by A. Sumerian-Demon.
#horror #gothic #theevildead #thebookerprize #outsiderart #independentauthors #demons #occult #Egypt #Literature
#horror #gothic #theevildead #thebookerprize #outsiderart #independentauthors #demons #occult #Egypt #Literature
Good Boy (2025).
This is the kind of 'Lassie' film I would have loved to have seen as a kid. Decent folk horror/disease allegory from a dog's eye view. Algernon Blackwood reimagines 'Benji'?
#horror #gothic #folkhorror #dogs #indythedog #illness #hauntedhouse
This is the kind of 'Lassie' film I would have loved to have seen as a kid. Decent folk horror/disease allegory from a dog's eye view. Algernon Blackwood reimagines 'Benji'?
#horror #gothic #folkhorror #dogs #indythedog #illness #hauntedhouse
October 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Good Boy (2025).
This is the kind of 'Lassie' film I would have loved to have seen as a kid. Decent folk horror/disease allegory from a dog's eye view. Algernon Blackwood reimagines 'Benji'?
#horror #gothic #folkhorror #dogs #indythedog #illness #hauntedhouse
This is the kind of 'Lassie' film I would have loved to have seen as a kid. Decent folk horror/disease allegory from a dog's eye view. Algernon Blackwood reimagines 'Benji'?
#horror #gothic #folkhorror #dogs #indythedog #illness #hauntedhouse
"I don't have to imagine...I see, I live horrors..."
Edith Scob haunts a bleak, battle scarred, post WW2 Europe in 'Eyes Without A Face'...
#horror #gothic #france #masks #dolls #ghosts #60s #doves #WorldWarTwo #badfather #madscience #edithscob
Edith Scob haunts a bleak, battle scarred, post WW2 Europe in 'Eyes Without A Face'...
#horror #gothic #france #masks #dolls #ghosts #60s #doves #WorldWarTwo #badfather #madscience #edithscob
October 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"I don't have to imagine...I see, I live horrors..."
Edith Scob haunts a bleak, battle scarred, post WW2 Europe in 'Eyes Without A Face'...
#horror #gothic #france #masks #dolls #ghosts #60s #doves #WorldWarTwo #badfather #madscience #edithscob
Edith Scob haunts a bleak, battle scarred, post WW2 Europe in 'Eyes Without A Face'...
#horror #gothic #france #masks #dolls #ghosts #60s #doves #WorldWarTwo #badfather #madscience #edithscob
What Have You Done To Solange? (1972).
Just who is the title accusing? The male characters blame the girls they have "never understood...only 16 but surrounded by secret boyfriends, petty jealousies, sex orgies & lesbian games". Or could the issue be the patriarchy?
#horror #gothic #giallo #70s
Just who is the title accusing? The male characters blame the girls they have "never understood...only 16 but surrounded by secret boyfriends, petty jealousies, sex orgies & lesbian games". Or could the issue be the patriarchy?
#horror #gothic #giallo #70s
October 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Black Belly Of The Tarantula (1971).
An 'acupuncture horror' that anticipates Takashi Miike's 'Audition'. "The tarantula is a terrible insect" an alleged scientific expert informs us. Actually, I believe it is an arachnid?
#horror #giallo #gothic #Italy
#acupuncture #70s #spiders #bondgirls
An 'acupuncture horror' that anticipates Takashi Miike's 'Audition'. "The tarantula is a terrible insect" an alleged scientific expert informs us. Actually, I believe it is an arachnid?
#horror #giallo #gothic #Italy
#acupuncture #70s #spiders #bondgirls
October 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Black Belly Of The Tarantula (1971).
An 'acupuncture horror' that anticipates Takashi Miike's 'Audition'. "The tarantula is a terrible insect" an alleged scientific expert informs us. Actually, I believe it is an arachnid?
#horror #giallo #gothic #Italy
#acupuncture #70s #spiders #bondgirls
An 'acupuncture horror' that anticipates Takashi Miike's 'Audition'. "The tarantula is a terrible insect" an alleged scientific expert informs us. Actually, I believe it is an arachnid?
#horror #giallo #gothic #Italy
#acupuncture #70s #spiders #bondgirls
Love is like a butterfly...
A tribute to Monica Gayle in 'Switchblade Sisters' (1975).
"I lost my eye for this gang!"
#monicagayle #switchbladesisters #70s #gangs #punk #glam #eyepatch #theshangrilas #dollyparton
A tribute to Monica Gayle in 'Switchblade Sisters' (1975).
"I lost my eye for this gang!"
#monicagayle #switchbladesisters #70s #gangs #punk #glam #eyepatch #theshangrilas #dollyparton
October 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Love is like a butterfly...
A tribute to Monica Gayle in 'Switchblade Sisters' (1975).
"I lost my eye for this gang!"
#monicagayle #switchbladesisters #70s #gangs #punk #glam #eyepatch #theshangrilas #dollyparton
A tribute to Monica Gayle in 'Switchblade Sisters' (1975).
"I lost my eye for this gang!"
#monicagayle #switchbladesisters #70s #gangs #punk #glam #eyepatch #theshangrilas #dollyparton
Out Of The Blue (1980).
What can you do when your mum is a drug addict & your dad is, well, Dennis Hopper? Only one option - "Subvert Normality"! This & Christiane F are my favourite 'coming of age' films.
#teenage #comingofage #80s #punk #smalltown #badparents #elvis #cb
What can you do when your mum is a drug addict & your dad is, well, Dennis Hopper? Only one option - "Subvert Normality"! This & Christiane F are my favourite 'coming of age' films.
#teenage #comingofage #80s #punk #smalltown #badparents #elvis #cb
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Out Of The Blue (1980).
What can you do when your mum is a drug addict & your dad is, well, Dennis Hopper? Only one option - "Subvert Normality"! This & Christiane F are my favourite 'coming of age' films.
#teenage #comingofage #80s #punk #smalltown #badparents #elvis #cb
What can you do when your mum is a drug addict & your dad is, well, Dennis Hopper? Only one option - "Subvert Normality"! This & Christiane F are my favourite 'coming of age' films.
#teenage #comingofage #80s #punk #smalltown #badparents #elvis #cb
Sister Midnight (2024).
This is the best vampire film I have seen in a while. A reluctant bride moves to Mumbai & becomes drained by an unhappy marriage, mindless job & non-existent social life. City sickness as dark comedy, with some stopmotion scenes.
#horror #gothic #vampire #india #animation
This is the best vampire film I have seen in a while. A reluctant bride moves to Mumbai & becomes drained by an unhappy marriage, mindless job & non-existent social life. City sickness as dark comedy, with some stopmotion scenes.
#horror #gothic #vampire #india #animation
September 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sister Midnight (2024).
This is the best vampire film I have seen in a while. A reluctant bride moves to Mumbai & becomes drained by an unhappy marriage, mindless job & non-existent social life. City sickness as dark comedy, with some stopmotion scenes.
#horror #gothic #vampire #india #animation
This is the best vampire film I have seen in a while. A reluctant bride moves to Mumbai & becomes drained by an unhappy marriage, mindless job & non-existent social life. City sickness as dark comedy, with some stopmotion scenes.
#horror #gothic #vampire #india #animation
Grey Gardens (1975).
Reality TV from the old days, when the focus was on interesting people. There is the usual empathy/exploitation debate, but I don't see any mental illness here, more the impact of social estrangement. Paul Morrissey meets Ciao Manhattan?
#documentary #gothic #family #realitytv
Reality TV from the old days, when the focus was on interesting people. There is the usual empathy/exploitation debate, but I don't see any mental illness here, more the impact of social estrangement. Paul Morrissey meets Ciao Manhattan?
#documentary #gothic #family #realitytv
September 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Grey Gardens (1975).
Reality TV from the old days, when the focus was on interesting people. There is the usual empathy/exploitation debate, but I don't see any mental illness here, more the impact of social estrangement. Paul Morrissey meets Ciao Manhattan?
#documentary #gothic #family #realitytv
Reality TV from the old days, when the focus was on interesting people. There is the usual empathy/exploitation debate, but I don't see any mental illness here, more the impact of social estrangement. Paul Morrissey meets Ciao Manhattan?
#documentary #gothic #family #realitytv
Dwelling: In This Space We Breathe by Khadija Saye. Love these haunting, ritualistic works. Currently on display at The Pitt Rivers museum, somewhat hidden away in the upper gallery.
#khadijasaye #art #womenartists #photography #africa #gambia #london #ritual #gothic #pittriversmuseum #modernart
#khadijasaye #art #womenartists #photography #africa #gambia #london #ritual #gothic #pittriversmuseum #modernart
September 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Dwelling: In This Space We Breathe by Khadija Saye. Love these haunting, ritualistic works. Currently on display at The Pitt Rivers museum, somewhat hidden away in the upper gallery.
#khadijasaye #art #womenartists #photography #africa #gambia #london #ritual #gothic #pittriversmuseum #modernart
#khadijasaye #art #womenartists #photography #africa #gambia #london #ritual #gothic #pittriversmuseum #modernart
The primal scene in Hammer's 'Hands Of The Ripper'.
#horror #gothic #britishhorror #hammerhorror #psychology #freud #neurodiversity #70s #victorian #freud #london #badfather #jacktheripper
#horror #gothic #britishhorror #hammerhorror #psychology #freud #neurodiversity #70s #victorian #freud #london #badfather #jacktheripper
September 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The primal scene in Hammer's 'Hands Of The Ripper'.
#horror #gothic #britishhorror #hammerhorror #psychology #freud #neurodiversity #70s #victorian #freud #london #badfather #jacktheripper
#horror #gothic #britishhorror #hammerhorror #psychology #freud #neurodiversity #70s #victorian #freud #london #badfather #jacktheripper